K. Sudhakar (politician)

{{short description|Member of the Legislative Assembly, Chikkaballapur}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = K. Sudhakar

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| image = K. Sudhakar (politician) 1.jpg

| image_size = 150px

| caption = Sudhakar in 2021

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|06|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Chikkaballapura, Karnataka, India

| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| term_start = 4 June 2024

| term_end =

| predecessor = B. N. Bache Gowda

| successor =

| constituency = Chikballapur

| office2 = Cabinet Minister
Government of Karnataka

| term_start2 = 6 February 2020

| term_end2 = 13 May 2023

| 1blankname2 = {{centre|Ministry}}

| 1namedata2 = {{centre|Term}}

| 2blankname2 = Minister of Health & Family Welfare

| 2namedata2 = 12 October 2020 - 13 May 2023

| 3blankname2 = Minister of Medical Education

| 3namedata2 = 6 February 2020 - 13 May 2023

| residence = Sadashivanagar, Bangalore

| death_date =

| death_place =

| office3 = Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

| term_start3 = 2013

| term_end3 = 2023

| constituency3 = Chikballapur

| predecessor3 = K. P. Bache Gowda

| successor3 = Pradeep Eshwar

| office4 = Minister in-charge of Chikkaballapur District

| term_start4 = April 2020

| term_end4 = May 2023

| party = Bharatiya Janata party
{{small|(2019–present)}}

| otherparty = Indian National Congress
{{small|(2013–2019)}}

| spouse = Preethi

| children = 3

| website =

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| year =

| education = Sri Siddhartha Medical College (M.B.B.S)

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Keshavareddy Sudhakar is an Indian politician and also he was Ex-Minister of Medical Education and Health of Karnataka from 6 February 2020 to 13 May 2023. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Chikkaballapur in the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress and later was re-elected to the house in 2019 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.{{Cite web|url=http://myneta.info/karnatka2008/candidate.php?candidate_id=691|title=PRATAP GOUDA PATIL(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Maski(RAICHUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|website=myneta.info|access-date=2020-04-13}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/karnataka-election-results-2018-full-list-of-winners-bjp-congress-jds-2696524.html|title=Karnataka MLA's List 2018: Full List of Winners From BJP, Congress, JDS and More|last=Madhuri|date=2018-05-15|website=www.oneindia.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-13}}{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/disqualified-karnataka-mlas-barring-roshan-baig-join-bjp/articleshow/72051891.cms|title=Disqualified Karnataka MLAs, barring Roshan Baig, join BJP|date=2019-11-14|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-04-13}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/rebel-karnataka-mlas-barring-roshan-baig-to-join-bjp-after-sc-allows-them-to-contest-bypolls|title=Rebel Karnataka MLAs barring Roshan Baig to join BJP after SC allows them to contest bypolls|website=Free Press Journal|language=en|access-date=2020-04-13}} He also contested 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election in Chikballapur from BJP but lost to INC candidate Pradeep Eshwar. In March 2024, he was announced as the BJP candidate from the Chikballapur Constituency for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Chikkaballapur in the 18th Lok Sabha as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.{{Cite web |title=Fifth-list-bjp-candidates-ensuing-general-elections-2024-parliamentary-constituencies |url=https://www.bjp.org/pressreleases/fifth-list-bjp-candidates-ensuing-general-elections-2024-parliamentary-constituencies |access-date=25 March 2024}}

He was the youngest cabinet minister in the Fourth B. S. Yeddyurappa ministry being only 46 years old at the time of taking charge, serving as the Minister of Medical education from Health and Family Welfare Department. He was again sworn-in as a minister in the Basavaraj Bommai ministry.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka he was part of the COVID-19 Response team for Karnataka along with Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa and Minister of Health and Family Welfare B. Sriramulu and few others. He was key participant of key policy making and rapid response to the pandemic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/karnataka-government-forms-rapid-response-teams-to-contain-coronavirus-11583316625193.html|title = Karnataka government forms rapid response teams to contain coronavirus|date = 4 March 2020}}{{cite news|last1=India Today|title=Doctors {{!}} Healthy corps|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-doctors-healthy-corps-2565856-2024-07-13|accessdate=9 November 2024|date=13 July 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109153202/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-doctors-healthy-corps-2565856-2024-07-13|archivedate=9 November 2024|language=en}}